Table 6. Numbers and percentages of children who narrated story elements in each group.
| FXS-Oa (n=29) |
FXS-ASD (n=28) |
DS (n=33) | TD (n=39) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Story element | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Introduction | 29 | 100 | 27 | 96 | 33 | 100 | 38 | 97 |
| Bus | 28 | 97 | 27 | 96 | 33 | 100 | 38 | 97 |
| Driver | 12 | 41 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 36 | 22 | 56 |
| Relationship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| Beginning | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| End | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Initiating events | 16 | 55 | 12 | 43 | 14 | 42 | 29 | 74 |
| Naughty bus | 14 | 48 | 7 | 25 | 9 | 27 | 21 | 54 |
| Driver mends | 9 | 31 | 9 | 32 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 62 |
| Internal Response | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| Decided to run | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| Attempts | 19 | 66 | 18 | 64 | 26 | 79 | 38 | 97 |
| Ran along road | 5 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 62 |
| Hurried to city | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 28 |
| Ran into country | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 5 |
| Jumped over fence | 18 | 62 | 16 | 57 | 21 | 64 | 37 | 95 |
| Raced down hill | 5 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 21 | 54 |
| Ending | 24 | 83 | 19 | 68 | 24 | 73 | 36 | 92 |
| Fell in pond | 18 | 62 | 15 | 54 | 15 | 45 | 32 | 82 |
| Driver finds bus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 |
| Bus on road again | 20 | 69 | 12 | 43 | 17 | 52 | 20 | 51 |
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FXS-O = Fragile X syndrome only, FXS-ASD = fragile X syndrome with autism spectrum disorder, DS = Down syndrome, TD = typically developing.